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Do you fulfill a lot of stereotypes? (lemmy.world)
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I fit the internet SJW stereotype to an uncomfortable degree, but I don’t really identify with it (which makes sense, given that it’s a shallow idea of a person designed by people who dislike them).

At the same time, I absolutely do not fulfill the stereotype of the American in Germany, and people are often very surprised when they hear that I am.

Do you fit or break a lot of stereotypes?

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[–] 16 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

If I do, then it's in ways I'm totally blind to.

I'm gay but I have to remind even close friends of that fact from time to time lol.

I'm a huge Star Trek nerd, but I can't quote plot points and episode numbers like bible verses.

I work in IT but I'm far from the as-seen-on-TV geek / graybeard. (thankfully that stereotype is fading away for the most part).

I'm sure there are some stereotypes I fit into that I'm just not aware of, but the ones I am aware of I tend to buck.

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  • [–] 13 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    I think the word "nerd" got rehabilitated, and was replaced by incel or neckbeard for those even more useless, gross, and uncool than a nerd was ever portrayed to be.

    I'm definitely a nerd, but thoughtfulness, optimism and such take me out of the incel or neckbeard category. I just don't have the blame everyone but myself nihilism outlook.

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago

    Good point. I guess I'm a "nerd" in that I like to learn, like to understand the "why" of things, and prefer a good book to a movie, but I was mostly basing "nerd" off of the Hollywood nerd / dork character I grew up watching.

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